This is a very interesting and controversial article that I found on the CNN website. In this article it is discussed how the law in Connecticut changed the age at which a teenager could be tried as an adult. The original age was 16 and it was raised to 17. I think that this relates to the class because there are many psychological issues at question. In the beginning of an article a 16 year old boy stole gum from his peer and was charged with third degree assault. Because of this he had to do time. His parents were worried about him being in the same facility as other males much older than him. The psychological question is how will this experience affect his future? It is psychologically successful to put a 16 year old theft in with 35 year old rapists? How will this affect his future and his goals in life? I think this issue is very important to think about because I personally do not believe that juveniles should get away with rape or murder, but I also do not think a petty theft by a minor should be treated the same as a theft by an adult.
http://www.jstor.org.proxy.lib.uni.edu/stable/1394168?seq=1
Here is the link to the article.
I thought is article was crazy! I really disagree with them charging the kid as an adult. I think that he will suffer many psychological problems later in his life. For example he could become depressed and become seriously messed up by being put in a situation where he does not belong. The crime is deffinitly not a crime that should send someone into places with murders and other crazy people like that.